Strange question on education in free-markets

As a follow-up, one of the things that gives me hope is people’s desire (if not demand) to hold those in power accountable. With this in mind, one area that I think we should focus on is showing how the voting booth does not provide such accountability. In comparison, free exchange (where allowed to happen) does provide it.

Agreed, we should also emphasize that free enterprise is not America’s system so people stop referring to it as such and that real free enterprise is tyranny of the consumer, not some kind of corporate elite.

Indeed, free enterprise is common to all of humanity. It just happened to flourish in America for a while.

I’d advise against describing free enterprise as any form of tyranny - of the consumer or otherwise. Freedom and tyranny are opposites IMO.

Finally, a little joke: Why isn’t Latin taught in public schools anymore? Because then students would find out that “aggression” and “grade” are related.

I meant it facetiously, but I agree it should be worded as something more along the lines of “peaceful” or “voluntary”.

I wish I knew more Latin to get the joke :frowning:

Sorry - “aggression” comes from Latin aggressum, past participle of aggredior, which is from ad-gradior, the second part of which is from gradus “step”, which is also the origin of the word “grade”. :slight_smile:

Hah, wow you know your Latin!